ZAGREB, Oct 27, 2020 – Croatia’s parliament will convene for a new session in November and the new meeting will begin on 3 November with Question Time and Prime Minister Andrej Plenovic’s report on European Council sessions.
The premier is expected to submit the government’s annual report on 4 November, and the next day, the proposed revision of the 2020 budget will be on the agenda, whereas on 6 November the legislature is expected to confirm its standing orders to the latest ruling of the Constitutional Court and the current epidemiological situation.
The parliament is expected to consider the government’s proposal for the 2021 budget on 19 November, and to adopt it on 25 November.
Presenting the Sabor’s schedule for November, Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic said on Tuesday that the parliament would be sitting on almost all working days in November, and that a break will be taken on 18 November, observed as Remembrance Day in memory of the 1991 suffering in Vukovar and Skabrnja.
Jandrokovic said that the parliament’s presidency, sitting in extended composition, had today reached a high level of agreement on how the legislature should do its job in the coming period, considering the recent decision by the Constitutional Court to invalidate “epidemiological” amendments to parliament’s rules of procedure.
On 21 October, the Court concluded that there were technical solutions to protect health while at the same time not restricting the rights and obligations of lawmakers to participate in debates.
We have agreed that all parliamentary deputies will be able to participate in debates, including those who sit in the main chamber as well as in other sections of the building, Jandrokovic explained.
The presidency also agreed on the procedure and on making it possible for all MPs to make a reply if they want.
Jandrokovic said that for the time being the relocation of the legislature to a bigger facility was not on the table, as it would cost a lot.
